944 rear control arms

[beetle1303]

I would like some help in order to identify from what year/model is a 944 rear control arm with number 951.331.514.04 ssw note that the 4 is stampted and not pressed as the other ones... does the ssw mean anything?theres a pic attach to help...


Thanx,
Chris

[vujade]

according to this thread, those are the late wider aluminum ones..

http://www.germanlook.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=1993

[zen]

yea, unless they are off of a '86, they are late arms. i could tell with a pic of the whole arm. just look for a bumpstop pad area. if it has one, it is early. without, it is a late arm.

[beetle1303]

thanx for the help guys. it looks like they are the late ones...

[zen]

yep those are late. if you need a point of reference on track width, go to the VKG site (http://www.volksport.net ) image gallery and look at my car. i have the late arms on with 3" wider fenders and 17x8.5ET48 rims with no spacers. should give you some idea of how much wider.

[bobgsinsung]

LOoking at your part no. any porsche part numbers with 951 beginning it 944 turbo.

[zen]

true, but the 951's had two different arms. narrow for 1986 and wide for the rest of the years. about a 1.5" track difference between them.

[Tim]

Isn't that the early and late alu arms the same but only the early and late hubs are different which causes the late model to have wider track?

[zen]

yep. attached is a pic comparing the two. early is on top.